It is said that when people are told they are going to die, they see things differently. That was certainly the case with me. I came out of the hospital and truly saw how beautiful the world was for the first time. How blue the sky, how green the grass. Everything looked more than real. To me, it still does. Hyper-real.

August 21, 2016

Shane’s Castle

Every year, Ballymena radio club transmits from the steam fair at Shane’s Castle. This is the view from their site, and for the last three years was the only view I saw. This year Tom got the rugged electric wheelchair on the pick-up and the guys manhandled it off the truck at the other end, and for the first time I got to trundle around the site and saw the steam engines. Expect some paintings of steam engines next year lol!